I've got a 100 litre tank on my VW Touareg - on one occasion it needed 98 litres to fill so I'm well used to paying over £100

.... one Shell near me was £1.67.

That must have been V-power, surely ? I bought some the other day at about that price - unless it was near a M'way exit ....

Edited by Andrew-T on 02/03/2022 at 23:22

I don't understand what all the fuss is about, fuel's always been a tenner, hasn't it? ;-)

Well you've always been able to use a tenner to pay for fuel...........

Unless of course (like my local Asda) it is pay at the pump only!

I haven't been back past Asda since Monday, but noticed that the new BP filling station on the outskirts of town is £1.58 per litre for diesel, Morrisons is £1.52.

Still cheap enough for people to sit in car parks on their phones with the engine running.

Still cheap enough for people to sit in car parks on their phones with the engine running.

Or anywhere within half a mile of a school at finishing time.

And yet you hear people moaning to others they can`t afford to run the car when they do the above....?

Am I one of the sane people out there.

I need the car.

It uses petrol.

when it needs it... fill it up.

It's no use being a cold lump of metal sitting on the driveway.

And here it is amusing to see the cars left engine running while mumsy walks her little angels the last few yards to the school gates..

Edited by _ORB_ on 03/03/2022 at 18:55

I've seen a few people on Youtube showing how they remove the ethanol from petrol. OK for small quantities such as a lawnmower. Not sure what you do with the removed ethanol though. Usual disclaimer of doing it at your own risk etc. Maybe an additive is better (and safer)

I've been out this afternoon and filled up at 1pm at an Esso station to benefit from a 5% discount. Unleaded was £1.52 and diesel was £1.58 when I filled. The delivery wagon was just arriving as I left.

I have just passed the same station and and it is now £1.58 for unleaded and £1.68 for diesel.

Ouch. Glad I filled up (I haven't been doing much mileage for the last few years and it takes a good 3+ months to use up a tankfull) when it was 'only' £1.41 per litre for petrol (at my local Esso, then actually cheaper than the nearby Tesco) about a month ago.

The same filling station was selling fuel at £1.51 for petrol and £1.57 for diesel as of Thursday. Sounds like it could've gone up twice since then.

Swings and roundabouts I suppose - just before the pandemic struck, I paid £1.20 per litre at the same filling station, and days later it was down to £1.05.

At least we have no panic buying. Let's hope it doesn't return.

Edited by Engineer Andy on 05/03/2022 at 20:36

This morning the local Shell station in Sandhurst has petrol at £1.599 and diesel at £1.679 per litre.

Shell has just bought a boatload of Russian crude oil at a substantial discount - I bet they don't pass that on to forecourt prices.

The Esso station I passed twice on Sunday is now 163.9 unleaded and 175.9 for diesel.

Prices in pennies and decimal places from one place to another does not mean a lot until you multiply up to old gallons and tanks full and only then do you realise the pain and potential rip off of some fuel stations

Or you can do what I’ve just done, and driven from Watford to Oldham (c220 miles) for £20 worth of electricity….

Congratulations there is no answer to this and you have killed the thread!!!

Or you can do what I’ve just done, and driven from Watford to Oldham (c220 miles) for £20 worth of electricity….

Ah, but you have needed to buy an expensive vehicle to do it .... :-)